Deuteronomy 32:25-29

‘Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror— Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair.

‘I would have said, “I will wipe them out, I will remove the mention of their name from humanity,”

Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “Our hand is triumphant, And the Lord has not performed all this.” ’

“For they are a nation destitute of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

“If only they were wise and they understood this; If only they would discern their future!